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PHILOSOPHY AND FROTH. 



While an aristocrat is democratic with 
dignity, a parvenu is ostentatious with in- 
solence. 

It is right to be what you are, but some- 
times not to be what you seem. 

Delicacy will respect the confidence of a 
reserved mind as an additional compliment 
to oneself. 

As a commonplace personality can never 
become cosmopolitan, so an original per- 
sonality can never be wholly provincial. 

The instinct of the thoroughbred is to be 
relied on, always in preference to the dray. 



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PHILOSOPHY 



A grande dame is not necessarily a grand 
woman. 



A lady should accept no financial recog- 
nition from a lover, while all the love and 
attention he cares to pay. 

There are depths in life and there are 
graces in life. There are times for the 
depths and times for the grace. 



The charm of an intimate relation is held 
by not being intimate, while intimate. 

It requires the instinct of a grande dame 
with the nameless touch of a personality to 
indulge an amour, yet retain its fragrance. 

In the midst often of mundane affairs are 
the bravest battles being waged. 

Greatness is the quality that conceives. 
Ability the power to execute. 






AND FROTH 3 

Originality charms and stimulates. Ec- 
centricity often offends. Insanity is dan- 
gerous. 

Love is spiritualized passion based on 
friendship. 

A man with a knowledge of the world, 
and a knowledge of life, are as individually 
distinguished as the metropolite and cosmo- 
polite. 

Equality does not exist. We become what 
we are through evolution. 

An offence lies often not in the act, but in 
the manner of performing it. 

One may possess distinction without be- 
ing distinguished. A man of the people 
may distinguish himself and still lack dis- 
tinction. 

A coward acts a lie, a brave man tells 
one. 



4 PHILOSOPHY 

As true manners come from considera- 
tion, so gentility is more or less ethical. 

There is as much difference in merely une 
femme du monde and a woman of taste, as 
between a vulgar diamond and a lustreless 
pearl. 

A man may be large enough, not lax 
enough to deliberately close his eyes to 
necessity running counter to instinct, and 
still honor instead of condemning. 

Principle is born of the character, — im- 
pulse from either temperament or the heart. 

A man may be spiritual and lacking in 
morality — a man may be moral and void of 
spirituality. 

Fascination may be expressed in conver- 
sation — sympathy more often in silence. 

As some persons are color blind, so it is 
impossible for others to experience affinity. 



AND FEOTH 5 

Affinity is not material nor yet sentiment 
— it is the grace of the soul linking the 
three in one. 

A man may be influenced by two women 
differently at the same time; affinity can 
exist only where the two sensations are com- 
bined in one woman. 

Example is the only genuine proof of 
sincerity. 

Err on the side of reserve rather than ef- 
fusiveness. 

Courage to act antagonistically to an ac- 
cepted standard of right, is often more ad- 
mirable than obedience to a desire in an 
opposite direction. 

Character is one's own to mould at will. 
Eeputation is often the result of circum- 
stance. 

Do not make the mistake of taking a 
liberty, particularly with a husband or 



6 PHILOSOPHY 

lover. It is apt to rob the relation of that 
fastidiousness that lends it delicacy. 



r A man may entertain deeper feeling for 
one woman, but unless she have tact he may 
prefer to spend his recreating moments with 
another who will rest him. 



It calls for a great woman to follow a 
man into disgrace or challenge false criti- 
cism because of a higher goal. 



Fine breeding and good manners are no 
more analogous than are wine and grapes, 
for while the former produces the latter — 
the latter may exist independent of the 
former. 

One owes nothing to the world's opinion, 
but to such facts as may authorize its 
opinions. 

As love unidealized becomes like stale 
champagne, so mal apropos sentiment is 
unepicurean. 



AND FKOTH 7 

One may have religion without being re- 
ligious. 

H 

It is not necessary to be artificial to 
modify nature artistically. 

It is a nice question for individual de- 
cision where one's duty to another ends and 
to himself begins. 

The suggestion of a soapsuds in a child 
ceases to be alluring in a woman. 

While there are certain legal and social 
statutes that are immutable, the shadings lie 
with one's ego. 



If one may have genius or common sense 
alone, take the latter. 



When one discovers the weak spot in 
one's armor, there is some encouragement 
for amendment. 



8 PHILOSOPHY 

As daylight dispels the magic wrought 
by moonlight on homely things, so words 
may destroy a suggestion which unclothed 
may be poetic. 

Chic is an inherent quality ; it may be de- 
veloped but never acquired. 

A peasant capable of a noble deed is 
greater than a savant capable of a small 
one. 

Situations attractive in extreme youth be- 
come banal in an older woman, robbing her 
possibly of a more potent charm. 

A little beauty and much distinction goes 
farther in making a woman impressive. 

Sin is only that which does oneself a 
moral injury. 

"Success makes success." Often meets a 
sneer by the incapable man of ability. It 
is true, with few exceptions, that a man gets 
what he is worth. When not, there will be 



AND FROTH 9 

found a balance lacking mentally or mor- 
ally. 

Chastity is not necessarily purity, al- 
though purity ordinarily includes chastity. 



One may lie and yet be truthful. One 
who will steal will always lie. 



Beneath a vulgar exterior may exist a 
fine soul. A vulgar soul can never be 
glossed by art or elegance. 

Do what has to be done, and if warranted 
explain your motives afterward. 



In rare woman there are some qualities 
of a gentleman. 



Culture must have touched the ethical 
faculties, while cultivation may go no 
deeper than the intellect, and perhaps only 
the taste. 



10 PHILOSOPHY 

The woman is braver sometimes who 
plays a false part to the world with smiles, 
than she who whiningly^ asserts her super- 
iority. 

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A man must have the execution of a 
painter, with the soul of an artist, to be- 
come one. 

An unjust criticism will to a certain 
crisis cut a sensitive soul — at that point 
contempt of the accuser brings the relief of 
calm. 

Temperament is the fuel, intelligence the 
locomotive, and will power the engineer 
which makes the stage artist. 



An unattractive woman is rarely a vir- 
tuous woman, as virtue is not a negative 
but a positive quality. 



The woman who appeals to a man is more 
powerful than she who takes the citadel by 
dash. 



AND FROTH 11 

Nature supplies the qualities of a fine 
actress, the mental temperament in its 
highest stage of cultivation is necessary to 
accomplish a great artist. 

To seek others opinion on one's conduct is 
a sign of weakness. Be sure of yourself 
and accept the consequence. 

It is character holding the ribbons of 
temperament and sentiment, that restrains 
them from the inevitable smashup of dulled 
sensation, enabling them, if at all, to reach 
the high road of permanency. 

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Whether a serious affection or a passing 
amour, a clever woman keeps the seasoning 
in her own discretion. 

One may retrieve an error by an act of 
nobility which would raise a monument 
over the tomb of the fault. 

It is as impossible to mistake self-esteem 
for self-respect, as for innate dignity to 
carry a chip on its shoulder. 



12 PHILOSOPHY 

There is a sanity in the commonplace 
which is life's ballast. 

Good fellowship differs from friendship 
as heady wine contrasts with spring water. 

The difference in women lies in the fact 
that one dares to do what another would 
not dare. 

Force which is impressive with the engi- 
neer at the throttle, consumes and becomes 
impotent without the restraint of modera- 
tion. 

The adept rides life like a finished horse- 
man who gives with his mount. The ama- 
teur retains his seat stiffly on the lookout 
for a tumble. 

Aplomb in a young girl is as unattrac- 
tive as the lack of savoir faire in an older 
woman. 

Charm is dispelled when suggestion be- 
comes fact. 



AND FROTH 13 

One act is more convincing proof of an 
intention or sentiment than hours of protes- 
tation. 

Manners emanating from the mind are 
as important factors of life as are morals, 
which term is relative. 



As sometimes it requires more courage to 
live than to die, so often is greater courage 
required to commit an act than to refrain 
from so doing. 



Masculinity in a woman and effeminacy 
in a man are an abortion of nature. 



When a woman reveals the depths to a 
man she were wiser to discriminate the 
man's power of discernment. The ballast 
may be wanting to carry the cargo. 



Talent is an appreciation capable of cul- 
tivation. Genius is the power of creation. 



14 PHILOSOPHY 

The physical temperament is the instinct 
of the body, the mental temperament the 
sentiments of the mind. 

Violets are at once more suggestive of 
sentiment and finesse than are roses. 

The most womanly woman has a touch 
of masculine daring, as has the finer man 
a strain of the feminine. 

Eespect commands, never pleads. 

A man may pay by his lack of discern- 
ment in that coin which he values most. 

An act of mere bravado is never an act of 
courage. 

Familiarity robs a sex friendship of its 
mental charm and satisfies the material but 
for a limited time. 

To receive information withheld from 
one is as disloyal to friendship as to seek its 
possession. 



AND FROTH 15 

Mental poise is as essential to life's bal- 
ce as is tl 
rope walker. 



ance as is the surefootedness of the tight 



The man who disguises materialism 
under the cloak of religion, stands a long 
way behind the confessed lawbreaker. 

A strain of vividness as an undercurrent 
vitalizes, but a woman of distinction paints 
her daily existence in pastel shades. 



The brain is the physical part of the in- 
tellect, which latter is the discriminating 
quality. 

A fine action may be found in a man 
whom smug respectability would not recog- 
nize, and which the latter would be incapa- 
ble of performing. 

The difference in merely a polished mind 
and one that is original, is as wide as that 
of stagnant and running water. 



16 PHILOSOPHY 

Unless colorless, to a given point, one 
may despise the sentinel convention. Be- 
yond that boundary, without its passport 
one may not go. 

The value of criticism can only be gauged 
in ratio to the value of a critic. 

That which is not given voluntarily is not 
worth receiving. 

The polite world is made up of those of 
good breeding; the great world, while in- 
cluding this element, must enroll those of 
distinction. 

A nature that is regal will be unafraid 
to perform that which a small one would 
first measure with a yardstick. 

Trust has no place for suspicion nor seeks 
an accounting. 

Taste is a barometer that never fails; it 
registers faithfully the passing tempera- 
ture. 



AND FROTH 17 

There may be tears in the heart which 
never reach the eyes. 

Give homage to the best fighter, not 
merely to the victor. 

That a good ship may stagger a little in a 
heavy sea is no proof that she is not sea- 
worthy. 

Nerve is a quality which whether wrongly 
or rightly applied is nevertheless to be ad- 
mired. 



One vivid experience may strengthen or 
weaken the forces of a lifetime. 

Years are often counted, not by the 
calendar, but by experience. 



Never meet an issue by chance. Force 
one if desirable; otherwise avoid it. 



18 PHILOSOPHY 

The world is a mirror reflecting one's 
image; life like a river bed is only felt 
where one can touch it. 

Pathos is the more noticeable in its 
cheerful effort to conceal pain. 

One may be liberal without being gener- 
ous. Generosity involves sacrifice. 

Elegance is as subtle as the perfume that 
comes over a garden when the night shades 
fall. 



A well-dressed woman is distinguished 
not so much by what she puts on as by what 
she leaves off. 



The chief difference in men lies often in 
the ability to see an opportunity or to pass 
it. 

Dignity is gracious, yet precludes fa- 
miliaritv. Hauteur a wordless admission 
of an inability to compel respect. 



AND FROTH, 19 

Men of fine instincts usually have some 
where an altar; but if exposed to the eyes 
of the world, make no mistake, it is a sham. 

The longest life is too short to weep for 
the past. Look to the future with grit 

teeth. 

ft 

Quixotism rarely brings an adequate re- 
ward, and is often but another name for 

lack of sense. 

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If there is anything to be done, there is 
but one way to accomplish it: Do it. 

ft 

The heart is desolated not so much by 
loss in death as by faith betrayed. 

ft 

A woman who attempts to forego some- 
thing for a man more often loses the man 
himself. 

ft 

Well intentioned clumsiness is often 
more fatal to a result than skillful wrong- 
doing. 



20 PHILOSOPHY 

Faculties may lie dormant through a life 
unsuspected that some stirring incident 
may swing into action. 



There are those who would if they could ; 
those who could and wall not; and those 
who can and do. 

Fastidiousness is like the perfume of a 
conservatory. A primal instinct, occasion- 
ally recognized, is like taking oxygen into 
the lungs after leaving it. 

Do not beat the air. Conceive the end, 
and like a game of chess, let each preceding 
move bear towards its accomplishment. 

Sentiment is at all times more eloquently 
expressed in an act, however small, than by 
speech. 

Simplicity and daring are the funda- 
mental principles of art, and rank con- 
spicuously among the finest qualities of 
nature. 



AND FROTH 21 

A woman of good taste will always let a 
man take an initiative, yet may be large 
enough, if occasion requires, to reverse the 
situation. 

Ideals should be kept like linen — in rose- 
leaves and lavender to make the common- 
place byways sweet. 

The man who would be witty at the ex- 
pense of subjects that are sacred for any 
reason, shows his crudity, as well as want 
of taste. 

Incessant movement indicates either lack 
of poise or maturity. 

As viands no matter how necessary to 
strength, cannot take the place of hors 
d'oeuvre, so imagination and illusion are es- 
sential to be maintained between man and 
woman. 

To substitute a classic situation for one 
that should be artistic is only to be inartis- 
tic without becoming classical. 



22 PHILOSOPHY 

The quintessence of crudity is to exhibit 
the means wherebv the result is obtained. 

Fascination and sympathy are empha- 
sized, as is wine before, or while dining ; one 
mounts to the head, the other strengthens 
the heart. 

An ordinary woman commits an act from 
indifference; a gentlewoman refrains from 
slavery; a large woman does whatever she 
does because she can afford to. 



The cvnic is the man who has not lived 
at all, or has lived too much ; and who views 
life out of proportion. 



Honor is as far apart from honesty in 
definition as is breadth of view from license 
of thought. 

There are persons who suggest merely 
beautiful phrasing, unquickened by color 
from within. 

I. ore. 



AND FROTH 23 

When words take the place of acts, when 
challenged, sentiment becomes sentimental- 
ity. 

Friendship denies another's obligation — 
nor cancels a favor. 

A leader holds position against odds — a 
follower by concession to their tyranny. 

Charm may not be grasped — it is ephe- 
meral, subtle, shadowy, illusive, inviting, 
repelling, cool not cold, tender not passion- 
ate. 

The summit of an ideal is renunciation. 

n 
The path we meet at the crucial hour of 
life may make or mar a career. 

Ingratitude and theft are the basest acts 
of nature. 



Faith opposed to reason is the only faith 
worth the name. 



24 PHILOSOPHY 

Theoretical creation becomes abortive un- 
less navigated by concentration. 

There is a wide difference in defying a 
situation and ignoring it. 

It is saner to meet ruin half way, and 
save the result, than to let it overtake and 
swamp you. 

The world will often condone the means 
rather than the lack of achievement. 

'As privacy is the keynote of gentility, so 
exclusiveness is the hall mark of snobbish- 
ness. 

One should reserve a corner of one's mind 
absolutely sacred from the intrusion of an- 
other. 

When a woman cares for a man on behalf 
of his good qualities, she cares for love — 
when she loves him in spite of his bad quali- 
ties, she loves the man. 



AND FROTH 25 

An aesthete may be also ascetic — an 
ascete can never be aesthetic. 



As the uncompromising grandeur of a 
rugged mountain, so is justice, — as far love- 
lier the sky tints above it, is mercy more 
beautiful. 

Simplicity is never conscious. It meets 
an extreme in childhood or in consummate 
art. 

A fault lies often not in the act itself, but 
in the emphasis of its existence. 

From the marriage of the artistic and 
dramatic instinct alone is an artist born. 

Style is intangible atmosphere, stamping 
reality. 

Color of temperament, like a rainbow, 
has birth and dies in a moment, or a genera- 
tion. Refinement, like tradition, requires 
the mellowing process of time. 



26 PHILOSOPHY 

Let no woman of intelligence place an 
otherwise truthful man's statement against 
the reverse criticism of her own mirror. 



That which is abstractly wrong may be- 
come individually right. 

Egotism is the self estimate of a large 
mind. Vanity a small trait whenever 
found. 

Laconism always implies greater force, 
and usually more elegance than prolixity. 

Mental dignity is to be found alone in 
the yeoman or the aristocrat — never in the 
evolutionary process, known as the middle 
class. 

An equal demands no explanation : an 
inferior should be accorded none. 



The barnyard and jungle are as clearly 
defined in the human, as in the animal 
species. 



AND FEOTH 27 

Respectability may be often but a cloak 
for folly and deception, while decency is the 
raiment of the soul. 

Propriety confines itself to banalities; 
fitness conveys the correct proportion of 
each and every situation. 

It is alone possible for rank to flatter the 
parvenu. 

Antagonism to caste as conclusively ad- 
mits its existence as the servility of the 
snob. 

A gentleman is not made by his tailor, 
but is fibred and grained like wood by 
process. 

Taut nerves will carry one over a crisis 
but should be relaxed for constant use. 

One may be sensuous, even sensual, yet 
highly artistic. 

Sentiment is the fuel of passion in all 
finely strung natures. 



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